Backwater Jacks Waterfront Bar & Grill

Backwater Jack's uniquely combines the styles, cultures, and ingredients of South Florida and the Caribbean with traditional favorites of the Midwest. This Coastal cuisine with a Midwestern flair is amazing on its own, but we are also able to offer the best sushi at the Lake of the Ozarks  for your dining pleasure.  Every single dish we serve is unique in its own way but here are a few items that are extremely popular with diners at Backwater Jack's.  At the Main Restaurant  Our waterfront restaurant & bar at the Lake of the Ozarks has been around for quite a while although we've grown tremendously over the past couple of years. We still cook up incredible cuisine in our main kitchen and we've added a second menu down by our fantastic pool. Here are a few customer-favorite menu items from our main restaurant.  Fried Potato Salad Nobody seems to be able to resist the lure of our signature Fried Potato Salad! It's listed as a side dish but it's a ...

Employees at the bars and restaurants around the lake area work hard to make sure everyone visiting has an awesome time while they're in town. Backwater Jack's , along with our friends from Malibu, are setting aside Tuesday, July 30, 2019 , to give all of those hardworking service industry folks their very day of fun on the water.  Our Lake of the Ozarks waterfront bar & restaurant will be home to the 1st Annual Malibu Service Industry Raft Races! Everyone in town is welcome to hang out at the pool & cheer on the teams but this competition is reserved for service industry employees. And guess what... it's FREE to enter!   Gather Your Team The party rafts, oars, and life jackets will all be provided. You just need to show up with your team, and possibly a cheering section of your personal fans. Sign-up starts at 11:00 am with races beginning at 1:00 pm. Additional rules will be provided the day of the event, but here are the basics.  All teams mus...

We've got a wonderful variety of delicious dishes to choose from at Backwater Jack's but today we're focusing on a small food that packs BIG flavor - shrimp! It's a very popular item to order at our Lake of the Ozarks waterfront bar & restaurant and we offer it in a wide variety of ways.  Raw Deal Thursdays One of the most popular days of the week around here is Raw Deal Thursday. It's not because everyone is trying to get an early start on the weekend (although a lot of them are!) but rather because every Thursday Backwater Jack's offers amazing deals on shrimp, oysters, and wings! You also get $1 off canned beers to wash it all down with and amazing live music to listen to while you dine!  Shrimp on the Menus In addition to the Raw Deal Thursday shrimp, our restaurant menu and the menu at the Sushi & Asian Grill down by the pool offer quite a few savory shrimp dishes 7 days a week.  Jack's Baked Seafood Nachos A pile of tortilla ch...

Who's ready to get back to Backwater Jack's for another exciting pool party? Well, you're in luck, because the best lakeside pool & swim-up bar at the Lake of the Ozarks is gearing up for some poolside " Margarita Madness " on Saturday, July 27, 2019 !  We already celebrate margaritas at our Lake of the Ozarks waterfront bar & restaurant every Tequila Tuesday and this month we're adding a special Saturday celebration to the mix. If you're a tequila fan, you won't want to miss a moment of the action! (If you're not, well, you will be after we get through with you!)  The Pool Party More than likely if someone asks you " How about sipping a few margaritas by the pool today? ," your answer is going to be " YES!!! " On Saturday, July 27 from 11 am-7 pm we're doing exactly that! Make plans to join us and  our good friends from Hornito's Tequila  for a very special Margarita Madness pool party. There is NO C...

You might think that a month that begins with the best pool party at the Lake of the Ozarks  for the 4th of July can't get any better, but we're up to that challenge! Backwater Jack's has all kinds of excitement packed into the month of July. Get out your calendars out and get ready to mark down some very important dates.   Friday, July 5 Zero Ducks Given Pool Party Fourth of July weekend starts out with a bang with a special Friday edition of our 21+ Zero Ducks Given Pool Party! From 11 am-7 pm , the coolest DJs will be rocking the poolside stage. The water will be full of ducks and tons of fun people all ready to have a good time.  Reps from your favorite companies will be on hand giving away samples of their latest products and passing out all kinds of goodies. The party's not officially over at 7 pm though, because that's when the band takes over the stage and carries the excitement on into the wee hours of the morning!    Saturday, July ...